Packing container



R. BUCHER PACKING CONTAINER Filed Aug. 8, 1925 Nov. 1, 1927.

Patented Nov. 1 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

REINHABD BUCHER, OF LAKE WALES, FLORIDA.

racxme CONTAINER.

Application filed August 8, 1925. Serial No. 48,937.

The invention relates to a packing container adapted for shipping fruitsand vegetables and for similar purposes, the primary object of theinvention being to provide a container made out of corrugated paper,paperjboard or like material, which will be suflicientlystrong,'serviceable and economical, and otherwise suitable to enable itto be substituted for the wooden boxes now in general use for suchpurposes. Further objects and advantages of theinvention will be in partobvious and in part specifically pointed out in the descriptionhereinafter contained which, taken in conjunctionwith the accompanyingdrawings, discloses a preferred embodiment of the invention. Suchembodiment, however, is to be considered merely as illustrative of itsprinciples. In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a perspective View, with certainparts cut away, of a packing container constructed in accordance withthe invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the container shownin Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a developed View of a sheet of material adapted to be shapedinto a container such as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing detached a strengthening partitionwhich may be employed in such container.

The container properv is preferably made 7 up out of a single sheet ofcorrugated paper,

cardboard or similar material, shaped to make up a box of suflicientstructural strength to withstand the rough treatment to which fruitboxes and the like are usually subjected in shipping and handling, thewalls of the boxes being preferably cut out at certain points to provideventilating openings without unduly weakening its walls.

The box further preferably has. a strengthening central partition which,as hereinafter described, may also be utilized to assi:t in holding theside walls in proper position.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention the sheet material out ofwhich thecontainer proper is to be made is first shaped to provide abottom section 1 for the container, end sections 2 and 3, inner sidesections 4 and 5 which extend from the bottom section 1, as well asouter side flaps 6 and 7, extending from the end section 2 and outerside flaps 8 and 9 which extend from the end section 3.

' In shaping the container the end sections 2 and 3 and :the sidesections 4-and 5, are first folded up at right angles to the bottomsection 1 and then the side flaps 6, 7, 8 and 9, are then folded overinto. position against side sections 4, 5, thus forming side walls forthe container which are of suitable thickness and strength. I

Preferably the side walls of the box are also provided with ventilatingopenings 10 formed by providing slots 10 in the side sections 4 and 5and slots 10" in the side flaps 6, 7, 8 and 9, which slots line up witheach other when the container is shaped.

The illustrated form of the invention is also provided with astrengthening partition 11, fitted in between the side walls of thecontainer, this partition, as shown, being made up of two thicknesses ofcorrugated paper with the corrugations running crosswise of each other.The strengthening partition preferably is employed to assist in holdingthe sides of the box in proper position, as by providing clips 12,consisting of flexible metal strips, in connection with the partition11, which clips extend between the adjacent ends of side flaps 6, 8, and7,9, through slots 13 in side sections 4 and 5v and are folded over onthe exterior of the-side walls. In cases where the flaps 6, 8 and 7, 9lie outside of the side sections 4 and 5, as shown, adhesive strips 14ma also be aplied to the'meeting endsof aps 6, 8 and 1 9. The partition11 may also be provided with similar clips 14 which extend through slots15 in the bottom section of the box and have their projecting endsfolded over as above described. I

The container may also be provided with top fla s. 16 and 17 shown inthe present instance as extending respe'ctitely from the end sections 2and 3. In the present instance the flap 17 is also shown at full lengthso that itcompletely overlies the topof the box and forms the covertherefor, being suitably fastened down in place as by the adhesive strip18 shown in Fig. 1.'

.A container constructed alongthe above lines is economical tomanufacture and its reinforced side walls, as well as the strengtheningcenter partition, render it capable of withstanding satisfactorily therough treatment to which the shipping containers are usually subjected.The openings 10 also rovide satisfactory ventilation without undulyweakening the walls of the container owing and ends, flaps carried bythe ends and to the fact that the walls are of double thickness at thepoints where such openings are located.

While a specific embodiment of the inven-' tion has been described, itwill be obvious that many changes may be made therein without departingfrom its principles as defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A container including a bottom, sides folded against the sides andhaving their edges abutting, a partition disposed between the sides, andclips carried by the partition, said clips extending through the sides,and between the abutting edges of the flaps and being bent in oppositedirections at an angle to hold the sides and flaps in their said engagedrelation.

2. A container including a bottom, sides and ends, flaps carried by theends and folded against the outer faces of the sides and having theiredges abutting, adhesive strips secured to the flaps and over theabutting edges thereof, a partition disposed between the sides, andclips carried by the partition and extending through the sides, betweenthe abutting edges of the flaps and through the adhesive strips andbeing bent in opposite directions at an angle to hold the sides andflaps in their said engaged relation.

3. A packing container formed of sheet corrugated paper or the like andcomposed of a bottom, ends and sides, the sides being formed of doublethickness and being provided with registering ventilating openings, acombined partition and brace for the sides, and means to connect thepartition and brace to each of the sides, said means serving also tohold the two thicknesses of the latter together. v 1

4. In combination with a container havin apertures in its sides, apartition compose of a pair of members secured together in face to faceengagement and clips having inner ends disposed between the members andhaving outer ends projecting beyond the members and extending throughthe apertures of the container sides and bent at an angle to the latter.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a partition for containers composedof a pair of members secured together in face to face engagement andclips having inner ends disposed between the members and having bendableouter ends' freely projecting beyond the members. g 1

6. As a new article of manufacture, a partition for containers composedof a pair of members secured together in face-to-face engagement andmetal strips secured between and extending across the members and havingeach of their opposite ends bendable and freely extending beyond theadjacent marginal edges of the members;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my,handthis 31st day of July, 1925.

REINHARD BUCHER.

